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Call to Action to Put Health at the Heart of the Paris Climate

Climate change has the potential to do serious harm to the health of individuals around the world. But tackling climate change could substantially reduce the risks while also improving human health by, for example, delivering cleaner air and healthier cities.

That’s why WHO is asking you to support WHO call to action, to raise awareness of the health opportunities we can realise by tackling climate change now. We're counting on you to add your voice to the call and invite your friends, family and professional networks to do the same. Join us and make sure we're heard.

The WHO call to action will be presented at the Paris COP and will demand a climate deal that delivers:

Scaling up of financing for adaptation to climate change: including public health measures to reduce the risks from extreme weather events, infectious disease, diminishing water supplies, and food insecurity, and

Actions that both reduce climate change and improve health, including reducing the number of deaths from cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases that are caused by air pollution (currently over 7 million per annum).